The telecoms sector has continued to underperform both the FTSE 100 and the FTSE All-Share indices,...
The telecoms sector has continued to underperform both the FTSE 100 and the FTSE All-Share indices, with fairly depressing performance against both benchmarks. Over 12 months to the end of May, the sector dropped just over 42% ' over 32% worse in performance terms than the FTSE 100, which dropped 9.71% over the same time period and over 33% worse than the All-Share, which dropped 9.24% over the past year. Vodafone, the beleaguered mobile telecommunications giant, makes up the majority of this sector, accounting for just under 67%. The BT Group, which spun off its mobile division m...
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